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MixedSinger-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo donated $10 million to abortion organizations in summer 2026.SnopesSep 2, 2026FalseIn August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an image showing a six-fingered U.S. Navy sailor eating a burger with the caption, "OUR MILITARY EATS THE BEST! Nobody feeds our brave troops better than me. The food is AMAZING--the best military food EVER! Other countries wish they could feed their soldiers this well. TOTAL WIN!"SnopesSep 2, 2026Can’t tellA video authentically shows a kindergarten teacher saying she was fired for helping students discover their gender identity.SnopesSep 2, 2026MixedA chef claimed U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., twice met with a male escort.SnopesSep 2, 2026FalseA fatal Ohio crash happened because “Sherrod Brown opened our borders to dangerous illegals.”Said by National Republican Senatorial CommitteePolitiFactSep 2, 2026FalseU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said people in hospice care weren't dying fast enough and were costing taxpayers too much money.SnopesSep 1, 2026FalseFootage depicting an elephant rescuing a man from floodwaters was taken during August 2026 flooding in Nepal.SnopesSep 1, 2026TrueA civilian engineer working aboard a U.S. Navy vessel filed a civil lawsuit against the United States in 2023, alleging she had been raped on duty, and the court dismissed the suit in 2026, determining it fell under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Labor as a worker’s compensation issue.SnopesSep 1, 2026TrueIn August 2026, Buc-ee's convenience store chain CEO Arch "Beaver" Aplin III said the company was focused on building new stores in "conservative, business-friendly" states.SnopesSep 1, 2026Can’t tellAs of August 2026, Canadian officials were refusing passage through the Welland Canal to ships that used the name "Lake America" to refer to Lake Ontario in their documentation.SnopesAug 31, 2026MixedNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul wore a hijab at a New York City mosque in August 2026.SnopesAug 31, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York said he wouldn't be allowed to speak at the 25th-anniversary remembrance and that he was "looking into shutting them down permanently."SnopesAug 31, 2026FalseA Muslim cashier demanded a 17-year-old Christian boy remove his cross necklace while inside a "Shields" sporting goods store in St. Cloud, Minnesota.SnopesAug 31, 2026TrueDuring a weather broadcast, meteorologist John Morales said of his ability to predict hurricanes in Florida, "I am not sure I can do that this year because of the cuts, the gutting, the sledgehammer attack on science in general."SnopesAug 31, 2026FalseThe vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella contains tissue from aborted fetuses, as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. claimed in August 2026.SnopesAug 31, 2026Can’t tellAn image shared online in August 2026 authentically shows U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., with the late financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesAug 30, 2026TrueIn 2016, a woman used sheep to map the Faroe Islands after Google left the islands off of Google Street View.SnopesAug 30, 2026TrueA federal judge rule certain AI-generated child sex abuse material is protected by First Amendment.SnopesAug 29, 2026Can’t tellDisney bought country singer Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park.SnopesAug 29, 2026TrueLake Ontario was named by Indigenous people, not after the Canadian province of Ontario.SnopesAug 28, 2026FalseCountry singer Dolly Parton's Imagination Library donated books to children in Israel.SnopesAug 28, 2026TrueCCTV footage from Aug. 26, 2026, authentically shows a deadly flood destroying the Gyirong Port, a Nepal-China border crossing.SnopesAug 28, 2026MixedNorth Carolina “processed 1,031,350 duplicate (voter) registrations.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactAug 28, 2026MixedThe U.S. Department of Agriculture recalled 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef that the administration of President Donald Trump had imported to bring down domestic beef prices.SnopesAug 28, 2026